Disability Websites
General Disability/Special Education Resources
Training and Technical Assistance Center at Virginia Tech http://www.ttac.vt.edu/resources.html
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Virginia Dept. of Education/Special Education and Student Services http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess/
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
www.peatc.org
Virginia Board for People with Disabilities www.vbpd.org
Department of Rehabilitative Services www.vadrs.org
Virginia Easy Access http://devel.virginiainteractive.org/demo/vaeasyaccess/index.shtml
Brooke’s Publishing http://www.brookespublishing.com/
Great Schools http://www.greatschools.net/
Family Support Center on Disabilities http://www.familysupportclearinghouse.org/Pages/Home.aspx
National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families http://lookingglass.org/ncpd/index.php
Partnership for People with Disabilities http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/index.html
Virginia Stimulus Information http://www.stimulus.virginia.gov/
Matrix Parent Network http://www.matrixparents.org/pub/materials.htm
Medical
National Organization for Rare Disorders http://www.rarediseases.org/
Care Connection http://www.vahealth.org/swccc/index.htm
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm
WebMD www.webmd.org
Autism
Virginia Autism Council http://www.autismtrainingva.org/index.php?mod=home
Asperger Syndrome information and Support
http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Parents of Autistic Children-Northern Virginia http://www.poac-nova.org/
Autism Internet Modules http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/user_mod.php
Autism Speaks www.autismspeaks.org
Learning Disabilities
LD Online www.ldonline.org
Mental Health/Bipolar Disorder
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer
National Alliance on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org/
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://aacap.org/
Mental Health America-Virginia
http://www.mhav.org/index.php
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
Advocacy/Legal
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy
http://www.vopa.state.va.us/
National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education
http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Wrightslaw Special Education Law www.wrightslaw.com
Just Children (Legal Aid)
http://www.justice4all.org/our_programs/justchildren
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org/links/nat_advocates.htm
Disability Websites
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Pre-K
Center for Social & Emotional Foundations for Early Learning http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
Centers for Disease Control-Learn the Signs of Early Childhood Development
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html
Technology
Virginia Assistive Technology System www.vats.org
Family Center on Technology and Disability www.fctd.info
ADHD
USDOE Publications on ADHD http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/adhd/index.html
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder http://www.chadd.org/
ADA
Southwest ADA Center
http://www.dlrp.org/
Information and Technical Assistance http://www.ada.gov/
Hearing and Vision Impairments
Deaf Services Program Informational Video http://www.cmcsb.com/deafservicesvideo.htm?reloaded=true
Texas School for the Blind http://www.tsbvi.edu/
Reading
Reading Rockets-Target the Problem
http://www.readingrockets.org/target
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association
http://www.tsa-usa.org/
Adoption
Adopting.com
http://glossary.adoption.com/prenatal-substance-exposure.html
Behavior
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports http://www.pbis.org/
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/
Local Resources
TASK www.taskforkids.org
Tazewell County Public Schools http://www.tazewell.k12.va.us/
Tazewell County Resources (211)
http://www.tazewellresources.org/
Clinch Independent Living http://www.cils-online.org/
Cumberland Mt. Community Services
http://www.cmcsb.com/default.htm
Clinch Valley Community Action www.clinchvalleycaa.org
Mountain Kids, Inc. http://www.mtkids.org/
Compiled by TASK (Taking Action for Special Kids) - April 2009